Wow...here's some interesting info that I found while searching the internet on Cone Chevrolet...
First, here's some information on a famous "fast" car that came out of Cone Chevrolet
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Old timers will remember the name of Hayden Proffitt. Haden was a transplanted Texan living in Garden Grove, CA. Hayden had been around the drag scene at Santa Ana since the very beginning, with a variety of cars, including a C/Gas Chevy dragster and a nice '37 Chevy B/Gasser. In 1961, Hayden went to work for Mickey Thompson and it wasn't long until he was driving the '61 Pontiac 421 S/S. Hayden was a killer with a stick shift (only a 3-speed back then). In 1962, Hayden installed a 421 engine into a compact Pontiac Le Mans for the first A/FX car. Hayden won the Super Super Stock (SS/S) class and the A/FX class at the '62 NHRA Winternationals at Pomona. Hayden departed M/T in the middle of 1962 and put together a 409 Chevy, running out of Cone Chevrolet. With this car, Hayden took S/S honors at the NHRA Nationals that year.
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And a picture of that car. Notice Cone Chevrolet/Bill Thomas/Hayden Profitt...way cool!
Where's Verne?
